күрүө

Yakut

Etymology

From Mongolic. Compare to Tuvan хүрээ (xüree, “monastery”), Chagatai [script needed] (küren, “heap”), Kumyk гюрен (güren, “small fence”), Uyghur küryen (“place”), etc.

Noun

күрүө • (kürüö)

1. fence, stockade, stock rack
2. (for livestock, by synecdoche) corral, pen

   See synonyms at хааччах (qaaccaq).

   сүөһүнү күрүөҕэ хаай ― süöhünü kürüöğe qaay ― drive the cattle into the corral